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Microsoft WebMatrix
Microsoft WebMatrix 3.0
Developer	Microsoft
Final release	3.0 (v7.1.1932.0) / 12 October 2013; 12 years ago (2013-10-12)
Operating system	Windows 7 SP1 and later[1]
Platform	IA-32;.NET Framework
Size	17.1MB[2]
Available in	English, Austrian, Belgian, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Netherlands, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish[2]
Type	HTML editor andwebsite builder
License	Freeware[2]
Website	www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/

Microsoft WebMatrix is a discontinued cloud-connectedwebsite builder andHTML editor for Windows, geared towardsweb development.^[3][4] WebMatrix enables developers to build websites using built-in templates or popular open-source applications, with full support forASP.NET,PHP,Node.js andHTML5.Microsoft developed WebMatrix for the purpose of providing web developers with coding, customization, and publishing capabilities all in one place.

WebMatrix is a successor ofASP.NET Web Matrix, which was released in 2003 and later discontinued.

In 2011, WebMatrix was released to support the large number of open sourcecontent management systems and to provide a lightweight web development environment for PHP and the new, simplified ASP.NET web pages. It focused on a clean, simple user interface allowing web developers to build websites from scratch or by customizing open-source web content management systems such asOrchard,DotNetNuke,Umbraco,Joomla!,Drupal andWordPress.

From 2011 to 2012, WebMatrix 2 Beta and RC releases added support for Node.js,mobile simulators, additional website templates, and support publishing toMicrosoft Azure web sites. On September 6, 2012, the official release of WebMatrix 2 went public. The release of WebMatrix 3 was made available on May 1, 2013. Unlike WebMatrix 2, WebMatrix 3 requiresWindows 7 or later.^[1]

In 2016, Microsoft announced the discontinuation of WebMatrix in favour ofVisual Studio Code with formal support ending on November 1, 2017.^[5]

• Simplified creation, publishing, and synchronization of companion cloud websites
• Integration with source control systems includingGit andTeam Foundation Server
• Code completion andsyntax highlighting forHTML5,CSS3,JavaScript andTypeScript
• Editing forserver-side languagesASP.NET,PHP andNode.js
• Support forjQuery,jQuery Mobile,Less andSass
• Mobile simulators
• Database manager forMySQL,Microsoft SQL Server andSQL CE
• Deployment tools for files and database
• Deployment to either shared hosting, dedicated servers orMicrosoft Azure
• Publishing websites usingFTP,FTPS and Web Deploy (anIIS feature for publishing websites)^[6]
• Built-insearch engine optimization and performance reports
• Remote and offline editing^{[further explanation needed]}
• Downloading remote sites for local editing
• Database migration fromSQL Server Compact 4.0 database toSQL Server Express or SQL Server^[7]
• Extensibility throughplug-ins

• Visual Studio Code

• Lydford, Steve (2011).Building ASP.NET Web Pages with Microsoft WebMatrix. Apress.ISBN 978-1-4302-4020-4.

• Official website
• WebMatrix atIIS.NET website

• Microsoft development tools
• Web development software
• Discontinued Microsoft software

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